Omaha is the largest city in the State of
Nebraska,
United States. It is the
county seat of
Douglas County. As of the
2000 census, the city had a population of 390,007. According to the 2006
census estimate, Omaha's population rose to 427,872, which includes an extra population count of approximately 8,300 people by annexing the smaller city of
Elkhorn. Located on the eastern edge of Nebraska, it is on the
Missouri River, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the mouth of the
Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
Council Bluffs,
Iowa lies directly across the Missouri River from Omaha. The city and its suburbs formed the 60th-largest
metropolitan area in the United States in 2000, with an estimated population of 822,549 (2006) residing in eight counties or about 1.2 million within a 50 mile (80 km) radius.
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